Sit-in triggered by social media comments
Lack of diversity and intolerance of minorities are disputed by groups of students at Colgate University, New York State
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Campus close-up: St Mary's University, Twickenham
After a troubled recent history, the new university has a former diplomat as its new vice-chancellor
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World in brief - 2 October 2014
United StatesSpeaking up for safetyThe White House has launched a campaign to raise public awareness of sexual assault on campus. The 鈥淚t鈥檚 On Us鈥 campaign encourages students to intervene in...
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Universities turn cold spots hot
Institutions have long served as community anchors, and their role in local growth has scope to expand, says Madeleine Atkins
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Happy valley for techies, less so for others
Alan Ryan on fears that Silicon dreams and start-ups might leave humanities in the dark
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Application shows where the research cash went, worldwide
脺berResearch unveils Dimensions for Funders, a digital tool detailing grant awards from 66 major funders
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Imaginations: University of Essex鈥檚 sociological half-century
Eminent sociologist Ken Plummer captures 50 tales of a groundbreaking department
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Partnership agreements 鈥榠nfantilise鈥 students, colloquium hears
University of West London conference on the work of Roger Brown hears of the drawbacks of higher education marketisation
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Swap lecture hall for a beach sometimes, says academic
Edinburgh Napier finds that student-led teaching and unconventional classroom settings can boost satisfaction and outcomes
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拢9K doesn鈥檛 cut it: fees may need to go up, says Tory MP
Revised system is close to exceeding cost of its predecessor, Tory policy adviser Margot James tells event at party conference
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Altmetrics: what鈥檚 not to like?
1:AM forum on altmetrics weighs pros and cons of tracking research impact via blogs, 鈥榣ikes鈥 and social media traffic
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The rules of Twitter engagement
Christopher Davidson, who has 120,000 Twitter followers, on how to use social media as an academic
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Grant winners - 2 October 2014
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Robert CernikInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: 拢247,737Using diffracted X-rays to form images with chemical and structural...
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World University Rankings 2014-2015 results
Latest results suggest that underfunded Western institutions outside the elite are struggling
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John D. Brewer, Jonathan Eaton, Kate D. Griffiths-Dingani, E. Stina Lyon and Peter J. Smith...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers